hadn't
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The company hadn’t even mentioned the possibility on its April earnings call.
From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026
The chain made the announcement in its first-quarter earnings materials, which themselves came as a surprise, as the company hadn’t announced the timing of them in any press release beforehand.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
But before detailing its latest chips at a trade show in Taiwan, it hadn’t made the central-processing units at the computational hearts of PCs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
"I think I woke up about five o'clock in the morning... I quickly called my mum, and she said they were all good. The catastrophe hadn't quite hit then," she said.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
In all of that, he hadn’t tried just sharing what he liked.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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